FILM
SPACEMAN
THE SANDMAN GOES TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Hello, spaceboy — Adam Sandler in orbit.
★★★★
OUT NOW (NETFLIX) / CERT 15 / 107 MINS
DIRECTOR Johan Renck
CAST Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Isabella Rossellini
PLOT Astronaut Jakub (Sandler) realises his marriage to Lenka (Mulligan) is on the fritz. Luckily, an alien spider (voiced by Dano) is on hand to help.
THE OCCASIONALLY SPOTTY quality of his filmography means it’s easy to forget that Adam Sandler is one of the most talented actors of his generation. Though there have been some dramatic turns over the years, Sandler is first and foremost a comedian, the mind behind some genuinely hilarious comic classics. There’s none of that signature humour in his latest film, which sees the Sandman morph into the Spaceman, the titular Czech cosmonaut of Chernobyl director Johan Renck’s sci-fi drama. It’s a tale about love, loneliness and connection that is by turns weird, introspective, and beautiful.